Giacomelli: Cesare in Egitto

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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Geminiano Giacomelli
    • PERFORMER
      Arianna Vendittelli, Emoke Barath, Filippo Mineccia, Margherita Maria Sala, Valerio Contaldo, Federi
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 17, 2025
    • UPC
      3701624511411
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1141
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Sinfonia

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    2. Act I Scene 1: Recitative: Al sempre Augusto (Achilla, Cesare, Cornelia, Lepido)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Filippo Mineccia, Arianna Venditelli, Margherita Sala, Federico Fiorio

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    3. Act I Scene 1: Recitative: Signor, così tu cambi (Achilla, Cesare, Lepido)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Filippo Mineccia, Arianna Venditelli, Federico Fiorio

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    4. Act I Scene 2: Aria: Cadrà quel disumano (Cesare)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Arianna Venditelli

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    5. Act I Scene 3: Recitative: Potrebbe il vostro fasto (Achilla, Lepido)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Filippo Mineccia, Federico Fiorio

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    6. Act I Scene 3: Recitative: Alla fastosa superba Roma (Achilla)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Filippo Mineccia

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    7. Act I Scene 4: Recitative: Morto è Pompeo (Lepido)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Federico Fiorio

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    8. Act I Scene 4: Aria: A me basta la mia bella (Lepido)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Federico Fiorio

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    9. Act I Scene 5: Recitative: I Natali, il comando del genitor (Cleopatra, Tolomeo)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Emőke Baráth, Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    10. Act I Scene 6: Recitative: Moi re (Achilla, Tolomeo, Cleopatra)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Filippo Mineccia, Valerio Contaldo, Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    11. Act I Scene 6: Aria: Fier Leon di sdegno acceso (Cleopatra)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    12. Act I Scene 7: Recitative: E pure è vero (Tolomeo, Achilla)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo, Filippo Mineccia

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    13. Act I Scene 8: Recitative: Fra le gravi mie cure (Tolomeo, Cornelia)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo, Margherita Sala

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    14. Act I Scene 8: Aria: Questa destra (Tolomeo)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    15. Act I Scene 9: Recitative: Santi numi del ciel (Cornelia, Lepido)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Margherita Sala, Federico Fiorio

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    16. Act I Scene 9: Aria: Palpita nel moi petto (Cornelia)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Margherita Sala

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    17. Act I Scene 10: Recitative: Qual virtù, qual fortezza (Lepido)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Federico Fiorio

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    18. Act I Scene 10: Aria: Vibrano i dei talora (Lepido)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Federico Fiorio

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    19. Act I Scene 11: Recitative: Umile il re d'Egitto (Tolomeo, Cesare)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo, Arianna Venditelli

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    20. Act I Scene 12: Recitative: Cesare invitto (Cleopatra, Cesare, Cornelia, Tolomeo)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Emőke Baráth, Arianna Venditelli, Margherita Sala, Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    21. Act I Scene 12: Aria: Lusinga un tiranno (Cornelia)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Margherita Sala

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    22. Act I Scene 13: Recitative: Deh, se il moi amor può ancora (Cleopatra, Cesare, Tolomeo)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Emőke Baráth, Arianna Venditelli, Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    23. Act I Scene 13: Aria: A quelle luci irate (Tolomeo)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    24. Act I Scene 14: Recitative: Cleopatra, in questo giorno (Cesare, Cleopatra)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Arianna Venditelli, Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    25. Act I Scene 14: Aria: Bella, tel dica amore (Cesare)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Arianna Venditelli

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    26. Act I Scene 15: Recitative: Seguite pur (Cleopatra)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    27. Act I Scene 15: Aria: Chiudo in petto un cor altero (Cleopatra)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    28. Act II Scene 1: Recitative: Già per segrete strade (Achilla, Tolomeo)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Filippo Mineccia, Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    29. Act II Scene 1: Aria: Al vibrar della mia spada (Achilla)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Filippo Mineccia

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    30. Act II Scene 2: Recitative: Se m'arride la sorte (Tolomeo, Cornelia)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo, Margherita Sala

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    31. Act II Scene 2: Aria: Se il sangue moi tu brami (Tolomeo)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    32. Act II Scene 3: Recitative: Numi, a qual ria sventura (Cornelia, Lepido)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Margherita Sala, Federico Fiorio

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    33. Act II Scene 3: Aria: Se provi nel core (Cornelia)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Margherita Sala

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    34. Act II Scene 4: Recitative: Grand'è l'impegno (Lepido)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Federico Fiorio

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    35. Act II Scene 4: Aria: Vendetta mi chiede (Lepido)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Federico Fiorio

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    36. Act II Scene 5: Recitative: Io fui quella, che prima (Cleopatra, Cesare)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Emőke Baráth, Arianna Venditelli

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    37. Act II Scene 6: Recitative: Nel sonno oppresso (Cornelia, Lepido, Cleopatra, Cesare)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Margherita Sala, Federico Fiorio, Emőke Baráth, Arianna Venditelli

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    38. Act II Scene 6: Aria: Col vincitor mi brando (Cesare)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Arianna Venditelli

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    39. Act II Scene 7: Recitative: Cornelia, il caso tun non merita pietà (Cleopatra, Cornelia)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Emőke Baráth, Margherita Sala

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    40. Act II Scene 7: Aria: Oppressa, tradita (Cornelia)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Margherita Sala

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    41. Act II Scene 8: Recitative: Vuò seguir l'infelice (Lepido, Cleopatra)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Federico Fiorio, Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    42. Act II Scene 9: Recitative: Numi del ciel (Cleopatra, Achilla)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Emőke Baráth, Filippo Mineccia

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    43. Act II Scene 10: Recitative: Vedi, Signor (Achilla, Tolomeo, Cleopatra)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Filippo Mineccia, Valerio Contaldo, Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    44. Act II Scene 10: Aria: Spose tradite (Cleopatra)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    45. Act II Scene 11: Recitative: Achilla non temer (Tolomeo, Achilla)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo, Filippo Mineccia

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    46. Act II Scene 12: Aria: Quell'agnellin che seco (Achilla)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Filippo Mineccia

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    47. Act II Scene 13: Corni da battaglia

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    48. Act II Scene 13: Recitative: Romani, ecco il nemico (Cesare, Tolomeo)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Arianna Venditelli, Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    49. Act II Scene 13, "Battaglia di Cesare e Tolomeo": Recitative: Oppressa dalla forza (Cesare, Tolomeo)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Arianna Venditelli, Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    50. Act II Scene 13: Aria: Scende rapido spumante (Tolomeo)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    51. Act III Scene 1: Recitative: Tiranno, traditore (Tolomeo, Cornelia, Cleopatra)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo, Margherita Sala, Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    52. Act III Scene 2: Recitative: Signor ritorno tinto del sangue (Achilla, Cleopatra, Tolomeo)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Filippo Mineccia, Emőke Baráth, Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    53. Act III Scene 2: Aria: Taci, non v'è più speme (Tolomeo)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    54. Act III Scene 3: Recitative: Udisti? Ah, se non sdegni (Cleopatra, Achilla)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Emőke Baráth, Filippo Mineccia

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    55. Act III Scene 3: Aria: Nel sen mi giubila (Achilla)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Filippo Mineccia

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    56. Act III Scene 4: Recitative: Quanto Achilla t'inganni (Cleopatra)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    57. Act III Scene 4: Aria: Son qual nave da due venti (Cleopatra)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Emőke Baráth

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    58. Act III Scene 5: Recitative: Desti luogo nell'alma (Tolomeo, Cornelia, Sesto)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo, Margherita Sala

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    59. Act III Scene 5: Accompanied Recitative: Vanne, mio figlio (Cornelia)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Margherita Sala

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    60. Act III Scene 5: Recitative: E nutre la tua Roma (Tolomeo, Cornelia)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Valerio Contaldo, Margherita Sala

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    61. Act III Scene 5: Accompanied Recitative: Anima mia (Cornelia)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Margherita Sala

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    62. Act III Scene 5: Recitative: Figlio! Che? Tu sospiri (Cornelia, Tolomeo)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Margherita Sala, Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    63. Act III Scene 6: Recitative: Così appunto favella (Cornelia, Lepido)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Margherita Sala, Federico Fiorio

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    64. Act III Scene 6: Aria: Tu m'ami, lo vedo (Cornelia)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Margherita Sala

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    65. Act III Scene 7: Recitative: Numi voi che reggete (Lepido)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Federico Fiorio

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    66. Act III Scene 7: Aria: Scorre per l'onde ardito (Lepido)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Federico Fiorio

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    67. Act III Scene 8: Recitative: Ecco l'atrio (Cesare)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Arianna Venditelli

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    68. Act III Scene 8: Aria: A un cor forte (Cesare)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Arianna Venditelli

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    69. Act III Scene 9: Accompanied Recitative: Ombra del caro sposo (Cornelia)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Margherita Sala

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    70. Act III Scene 9: Recitative: Giorno è questo di feste (Tolomeo, Cornelia)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Margherita Sala, Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    71. Act III Scene 10: Recitative: Mora l'indegno (Achilla, Lepido, Tolomeo, Cesare, Cornelia)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Filippo Mineccia, Federico Fiorio, Valerio Contaldo, Arianna Venditelli, Margherita Sala

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    72. Act III Scene ultima: Recitative: Vedi, Cleopatra (Achilla, Cleopatra, Cesare, Tolomeo)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Filippo Mineccia, Emőke Baráth, Arianna Venditelli, Valerio Contaldo

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone

    73. Act III Scene ultima: Coro: Dal seno di giove (Tutti, Chorus)

      Composer: Geminiano Giacomelli

      Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina

      Performer: Arianna Venditelli, Emőke Baráth, Filippo Mineccia, Margherita Sala, Valerio Contaldo, Federico Fiorio

      Conductor: Ottavio Dantone


The Italian conductor Ottavio Dantone breathes new life into Cesare in Egitto, an opera by Geminiano Giacomelli (1692-1740) based on a libretto written by Domenico Lalli with the assistance of a young collaborator not yet in his thirties: Carlo Goldoni. Cesare in Egitto, is considered to be Giacomelli's masterpiece; his drammi per musica enjoyed great success in Parma, Venice, Milan, Rome, Turin and Graz. He also influenced the most eminent musicians of his time: Vivaldi, for example, used arias by Giacomelli in his pasticcio Bajazet. This world premiere recording was made with the Accademia Bizantina and first-rate soloists at the Innsbruck Festival, where Ottavio Dantone has been music director since 2024.